I did you one better and added print STDERR "Range:  $range\n"; into the mix. Here's the output:

Range: Win32::OLE=HASH(0x245b554)
Ref:   Win32::OLE
Tied:
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Update: Further investigation shows that wrapping an eval around the hash like so:

$Sheet->Range("A6")->{'Value'}  = eval { $var_ref->{results}{'Legal'} 
+};
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Also executes without error.

ryddler